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noun

(ˈkærəʊ) Sir Antony. born 1924, British sculptor, best known for his abstract steel sculptures

(ˈkɑːrəʊ) Joseph (ben Ephraim) 1488–1575, Jewish legal scholar and mystic, born in Spain; compiler of the Shulhan Arukh (1564–65), the most authoritative Jewish legal code.

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Words nearby Caro

Carnot principle, Carnot refrigerator, Carnot's theorem, carnous, carny, Caro, carob, caroche, carol, Carola, Carol City

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How to use Caro in a sentence

Caro spent the Nieman year immersed in study—reading, taking classes, attending lectures—about government and urban planning.
‘The Power Broker’ Turns 40: How Robert Caro Wrote a Masterpiece|Scott Porch|September 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Caro wanted a clean start, a new editor, and enough money to survive on while he finished writing The Power Broker.
‘The Power Broker’ Turns 40: How Robert Caro Wrote a Masterpiece|Scott Porch|September 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Caro by this point had completed most of the research and written more than half the book.
‘The Power Broker’ Turns 40: How Robert Caro Wrote a Masterpiece|Scott Porch|September 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
“When Robert Moses began building playgrounds in New York City, there were 119,” Caro writes in The Power Broker.
‘The Power Broker’ Turns 40: How Robert Caro Wrote a Masterpiece|Scott Porch|September 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Kluger says Simon & Schuster gave Caro an additional advance of $1,500.
‘The Power Broker’ Turns 40: How Robert Caro Wrote a Masterpiece|Scott Porch|September 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Then Caro became abstracted, wondering why George Tanqueray was coming, and to this particular show.
The Creators|May Sinclair
His appreciation of her, Caro informed one or two eminent critics, had considerably forestalled their own.
The Creators|May Sinclair
But the weight of Caro's utterances increased, as they circulated, formidably, among the right people.
The Creators|May Sinclair
There were, Caro said, regions of ether too subtle to sustain even so imponderable a poet as Mr. Prothero.
The Creators|May Sinclair
Tell me, Caro mio, why do not the public join me in applauding?
Castellinaria|Henry Festing Jones